1266 The Hidden Truth (1/2)

While Wei Kang and Nabari focused on the sand cat, Zhang Zian was thinking about finding an excuse to drive Fina into Devil's Sea. If he insisted, Wei Kang would not stop him, but it would invariably invite suspicion.

The loud noise from the center of the Devil's Sea shocked the three men. Even the sand under their feet trembled a little. The timid sand cats were even afraid and scattered immediately. They ran into the forest or dug holes in the ground. Perhaps they thought an enemy was coming.

What had happened? Was it thunder?

The sky was clear tonight, so how could it be thunder? Was it an earthquake?

This was possible. Earthquakes were often accompanied by abnormal noises. The abnormal sound from the earth could be a precursor to the earthquake. Egypt had a history of earthquakes, so this possibility could not be ruled out.

Yet how could it be so coincidental? Why had it happened in the Devil's Sea when they were in the Devil's Sea?

Their faces showed signs of anxiety. Wei Kang was upset that the sand cats had run away. Nabari shuddered and said, ”Not good! Not good! Someone opened the door to hell, and the devil wants to come out... The world is going to fall into the sea of ​​blood…”

”Devil? Where is the devil?” Vladimir suddenly said. However, at this time, everyone was in a mess and did not pay attention to the fact that he'd spoken.

Nabari's professionalism could not be argued. However, he nevertheless had limited formal education and strong religious beliefs. Thus, it was natural for him to attribute the occurrence to the power of ghosts and gods.

At this time, Gao Ke, Du Xuetao, and Xiao Tianyu ran out of the camp. They were not dressed properly and hurriedly shouted, ”Teacher! Teacher! Earthquake? Is it an earthquake?”

He He was also behind them. She was neatly dressed and more calm than the boys.

”Don't panic! The situation is still unclear. Act like educated individuals and calm yourselves down. Do not embarrass yourselves…” Wei Kang said to them. ”You are late. There has been a new species of cat. It is a subspecies of the sand cat, and I think it is very likely that it has an important part in the evolution of the cat.”

The boys had not yet fully woken up, and their minds were still in a daze.

Fina stared into the distance. She suddenly said, ”It is not an earthquake.”

Not an earthquake?

Zhang Zian suddenly remembered something and asked, ”Professor Wei Kang, have you kept track of the remaining drinking water and food? Let me see.”

Wei Kang did not understand why he suddenly wanted to see this, but he still took out his mobile phone and handed it to him. ”I entered it into my phone. You can see it for yourself.”

Zhang Zian found the Excel spreadsheet on Wei Kang's mobile phone and opened it. Instead of paying attention to the remaining percentage and consumption, he quickly browsed through the team's initial stock of drinking water, food, and diesel.

Peter Lee's off-road vehicles were bigger and more powerful, and they didn't need to carry a lot of instruments and equipment like the expedition team's. However, their average drinking water, food, and diesel consumption was similar to the expedition team's. With the consumption of drinking water and food, the average reduction in diesel consumption per 100 kilometers was similar.

So what was stored in the remaining spaces in their cars? Each of their cars could take two people, but they drove one car per person…

At the beginning, Zhang Zian had just thought that they were rich. However, after observing the speed of their material consumption for the first two days, he saw that they were more adaptive than the expedition team. They should consume less diesel and supplies. Yet from the supplies consumption recorded in the Excel spreadsheet, they did not seem to do better.

He inferred from this that they were likely carrying other items in their cars. Those items were not light.